Associate - Java Developer - Equity Technology

Jefferies is seeking a technically strong and motivated Java Developer to join the Securities Finance technology group within the Equities – Prime Services Technology team in Pune. This role focuses on the design, development, enhancement, and support of strategic trading and servicing systems used by a global Securities Finance user base in collaboration with cross-regional teams.

• Develop and enhance applications and services using Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot preferred).
• Design, build, test, deploy, and support core Securities Finance components focusing on scalability, performance, and resilience.
• Contribute to building distributed systems and enterprise-grade services including APIs, messaging, and batch/stream processing.
• Work with global teams to deliver features, fixes, and platform improvements across time zones.
• Participate in code reviews, unit/integration testing, and release activities.
• Diagnose production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable fixes.
• Continuously improve architecture, engineering practices, automation, and observability.

• 5+ years of hands-on development experience with Core Java and Spring frameworks.
• Experience delivering distributed systems and enterprise-grade applications in production.
• Strong knowledge of SQL; experience with Redis and Kafka.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as EKS, EC2, S3, SQS, and SNS.
• Experience with SDLC and tooling including Jira, Bitbucket, and Bamboo.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development, such as using GitHub Copilot.